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Public Welfare Foundation Inc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$26M
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
164
Grants FY2025
160
Organizations funded FY2024
37%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$145,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$500,000
Organizations funded a year
134 to 163
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
25
Total assets, FY2025
$615M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 37% of the organizations Public Welfare Foundation Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 29% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6.7M went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesCrime & LegalEducationCivil RightsArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving146$24M27%
FY2024160$24M37%
FY2023149$23M45%
FY2022150$20M39%
FY2021150$18M53%
FY2020152$18M36%
FY2019163$19M47%
FY2018134$19M54%
99% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Crime & Legal$69MCivil Rights$25MPhilanthropy$20MEducation$10MCommunity Improvement$9.2MPublic Benefit$8.1MArts & Culture$7.9MEmployment$7.4MOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

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Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 599 grantees
All grantees of Public Welfare Foundation Inc by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc$4,609,54483%
Vera Institute of Justice Inc$4,435,00091%
Voice of the Experienced Vote$3,186,250920%
Highlander Research & Education Center Inc$3,001,02564%
Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalit$2,950,000840%
Safe & Just Michigan$2,528,985865%
Southern Center for Human Rights$2,433,45059%
Operation Restoration$2,240,825711%
National Public Radio Inc$2,150,00080%
Raise the Floor Alliance$2,100,000361%
Michigan Center for Youth Justice$2,015,300748%
National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform$1,981,750624%
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Inc$1,852,000445%
The Promise of Justice Initiative$1,838,000712%
Center for Popular Democracy Inc$1,775,00042%
Make the Road New York$1,700,00024%
Community Connections for Youth Inc$1,678,000724%
National Employment Law Project$1,675,00037%
Texas Center for Justice and Equity$1,665,000461%
Visitors Service Center Inc Voices for a Second Chance$1,628,000743%
Juvenile Law Center$1,610,000513%
Working Partnerships USA$1,600,000320%
Campaign for Youth Justice$1,585,000353%
Louisiana Center for Children's Rights$1,560,000714%
American Friends Service Committee$1,545,0007n/a
Common Justice Inc$1,507,750522%
Foundation for Louisiana$1,504,13067%
Public Justice Center Inc$1,500,000228%
The Marshall Project Inc$1,350,00062%
W Haywood Burns Institute$1,305,500511%
Possibility Labs$1,300,00031%
Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund$1,200,000469%
Detroit Justice Center$1,175,20079%
DC Justice Lab$1,103,750517%
Deep Center Incorporated$1,079,250618%
Second Chance Center Inc$1,036,50056%
Georgetown University$1,025,00050%
School Justice Project Inc$1,001,500540%
United Workers Association Inc$1,000,000239%
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth$982,000714%
Justice Policy Institute$980,250632%
The Latino Coalition for Community Leadership$975,00033%
The Praxis Project Inc$957,61752%
Echoing Green Inc$930,40032%
Youth Radio$915,00035%
Oklahoma Policy Inc$906,750512%
National Youth Justice Network$900,000453%
Community Labor United Inc$900,00033%
One Voice$855,00056%
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop$853,50049%
The Education Trust Inc$832,50051%
FORCE Detroit Inc$822,50047%
The Trustees of Princeton University$818,64620%
The Black Swan Academy Inc$803,000517%
Ubuntu Village Nola$801,500436%
Interfaith Worker Justice$800,000277%
The Freedom Institute Inc$800,000421%
Center for Progressive Reform Inc$800,000320%
Families and Friends of Louisianas Incarcerated Children$777,500413%
Centro de Los Derechos del Migrante Inc$770,000242%
Hmong American Womens Association Inc$751,605225%
Rights & Democracy Education Fund Inc$750,000261%
The National Reentry Network for Re$726,750531%
Capital B News Inc$718,00043%
Just City Inc$700,304320%
Prison Fellowship Ministries$670,00021%
The Sentencing Project$655,000420%
Voces Unidas for Justice$650,000416%
Atlanta Fulton County Prearrest Diversion Initiative Inc$650,00044%
National Center for Youth Law$643,90042%
Prison Policy Initiative$643,000516%
Youth Law Center$625,00035%
The First 72$625,000312%
Oklahomans for Criminal Justice Reform Inc$601,500438%
Public Citizen Foundation Inc$600,00023%
Worksafe Inc$600,000326%
The Center for Public Integrity$600,00028%
Public Health Advocacy Institute Inc$600,000312%
The Urban Institute$600,00020%
The Sixth Amendment Center Incorporated$600,000321%
National Florence Crittenton Mission$600,000319%
Texas Public Policy Foundation$600,00032%
Youth Advocate Programs Inc$600,00020%
Council for Court Excellence$595,750515%
Stand for Children Leadership Center Inc$575,00022%
Latinojustice Prldef$575,00038%
The University of Georgia Foundation$575,00040%
El M0VIMIENTO SIGUE INC$575,000464%
Georgia Justice Project Inc$550,00045%
Urban Association of Forestry and Fire Professionals Inc$550,000311%
The Institute$545,000610%
American University$535,38470%
The Education and Employment Ministry Inc$525,00034%
Milwaukee Turners Inc$523,000318%
NEO Philanthropy Inc$510,00030%
Equal Justice Initiative$510,00020%
The Lens$507,000536%
Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy$500,00027%
Mothering Justice$500,00036%
Public Broadcasting of Colorado Inc$500,00031%
BlueGreen Alliance Foundation$500,00033%
Catalyst Ct Inc$500,000120%
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities$500,00021%
Still She Rises Inc$500,00035%
Our Community Ltd$496,000314%
Office of Kentucky Legal Services Programs Inc$490,000322%
Southern Movement Committee$482,000323%
Milwaukee Freedom Fund Incorporated$475,000375%
Human Rights Watch Inc$450,00020%
The National Council for Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Women & Girls$450,00042%
Jobs with Justice Education Fund$450,00025%
Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health Inc$450,000315%
Freedom Reads Inc$450,00025%
Momsrising Education Fund$425,00032%
Community Partners$425,00030%
Public Allies Inc$425,00023%
Third Space Foundation$415,000315%
Deep South Today$406,50042%
Justice in Motion Inc$405,000222%
Oklahoma Watch Inc$402,500513%
Allied Media Projects Inc$400,20012%
The Hive Mentality$400,000325%
Northwestern University$400,00020%
Accelerate Change Inc$400,00017%
Muckrock Foundation Inc$400,00022%
Regents of the University of Michigan$400,0002n/a
Nation Outside Inc$400,0001n/a
Louisiana Parole Project Inc$400,00026%
Michigan Liberation Education Fund$400,0001n/a
R Street Institute$400,00032%
Barred Business Foundation$400,00037%
Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc$390,000218%
State Innovation Exchange$375,00033%
Rich Family Ministries$371,500445%
Mississippi Center for Justice$359,00026%
Essie Justice Group$350,00022%
Neighborhood Funders Group$350,00028%
Kansas Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc$350,000230%
Law Enforcement Action Partnership Inc$350,000216%
Association of Prosecuting Attorneys Inc$350,000211%
Credible Messenger Mentoring Movement$350,000215%
Partnership for Safety and Justice$350,000224%
New Life Fellowship Ministries Inc$327,200346%
National Economic and Social Rights Initiative$325,00029%
Open Buffalo Inc$318,167125%
Takeaction Mn Education Fund$303,63321%
Gbowee Peace Foundation Africa-Usa$300,300140%
The Juvenile Justice Initiative Attn Elizabeth Clarke$300,000251%
Community Initiatives$300,00010%
Formerly Incarcerated College Graduates Network$300,000138%
Justice for Families Ltd$300,000435%
Partners for Justice Inc$300,000115%
New Profit Inc$300,00010%
Trace Media Inc$300,00025%
Sisterreach$300,000113%
Women With A Vision$300,0001n/a
Neighborhood Defender Service Inc$300,00011%
United Way of Greater Atlanta Inc$300,00020%
Empowerment Avenue Society$300,000225%
Mississippi Families as Allies Inc$300,000221%
Western Michigan University Foundation$299,32720%
Silicon Valley De-Bug$294,75039%
The Center for Evaluation Innovation Inc$285,000110%
Redline$282,80026%
Alliance for Global Justice Corp$280,00031%
Seasoned With Grace Unboxed$275,000242%
Kids Forward Inc$275,000210%
Wisconsin Policy Forum Inc$270,519113%
Community Shares Inc$258,200224%
The OpEd Project Public Knowledge Fund Inc$255,000258%
Return to Hope Inc$250,000257%
National Domestic Workers Alliance Inc$250,00011%
Economic Policy Institute$250,00023%
Yellowhammer Fund$250,000110%
Color of Changeorg Education Fund$250,00021%
National Center for State Courts$250,00010%
Hispanics in Philanthropy$250,00011%
Appalachian Citizens Law Center Inc$250,000217%
New Voices Pittsburgh Inc$250,00017%
The Lighthouse Black Girl Project$226,05626%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Louisiana$225,00029%
Justice and Accountability Center of Louisiana$225,000217%
Center for Employment Opportunities Inc$225,00010%
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice$225,00025%
Metcalfe Park Community Bridges Inc$225,000210%
The Delta Project$225,000331%
Grassroots Leadership Inc$222,00017%
Puente Human Rights Movement$220,35029%
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy$211,74662%
Fund for the City of New York Inc$210,00010%
Freedom Inc$205,50023%
New Breath Foundation$201,50027%
Youth Services of Oklahoma Inc$201,5002n/a
Resist Inc$200,900210%
Power Shift Network$200,900220%
National Legal Aid and Defender Association$200,20024%
Southerners on New Ground Inc$200,00014%
Asian Americans Advancing Justice Atlanta Inc$200,00012%
Drug Policy Alliance$200,00021%
Denver Community Development Corp$200,0002n/a
Independent Arts & Media$200,00015%
Community Law in Action Inc$200,000125%
Denver Youth Program$200,00027%
Prison Journalism Project Inc$200,0001n/a
Koahnic Broadcast Corporation$200,00023%
Johns Hopkins University$200,00010%
Choosing Justice Initiative$200,000223%
Martin Luther King Sr Community Resources Collaborative$200,00026%
Impact Justice$200,00012%
Unlocal Inc$200,0001n/a
Voices for Georgia's Children Inc$200,00015%
The Hadanou Collective$200,00012%
United States Fund for Unicef$200,00010%
Radio Bilingue Inc$200,00019%
Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs Inc$200,00022%
East Bay Community Law Center$200,00013%
Living Cities Inc the National Community Development Initiative$200,00012%
Housing Solutions Inc$200,00017%
Citizens for Juvenile Justice Inc$200,000141%
Immigrant Legal Resource Center$200,00011%
Bent Not Broken by H5$200,000212%
Repairers of the Breach$200,00018%
Forward Justice$200,00013%
Anthony Graves Foundation$182,390173%
National Immigration Law Center$175,10011%
The New Press Inc$175,00032%
Breakfree Education$175,00029%
Racial Justice Now$175,0002n/a
Center for American Progress$175,00020%
Jazzmobile Inc$175,00078%
The Uwm Foundation Inc$173,86320%
Met Cares Foundation Inc$165,75020%
California Youth Defender Center Inc$165,000162%
Center for Community Change$165,00011%
Pretrial Justice Institute$160,00023%
Free Movement Incorporated$160,000142%
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education$160,00010%
Domestic Violence Intervention Services$150,00021%
Action Council of Monterey County Inc$150,00012%
Emory University$150,00010%
Provide Inc$150,00015%
Creative Reaction Lab$150,00017%
The Gault Center$150,00027%
Choose 180$150,00014%
Soul Sisters Leadership Collective Inc$150,00017%
Build Up Inc$150,0001n/a
Resilience Partners NFP$150,00019%
New Life Fellowship Ministries Inc$150,0001n/a
Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest$150,00023%
Peace for DC$145,0001n/a
Justice Innovation Inc$140,00010%
Cabrini Green Legal Aid$134,00051%
Second Look Project$132,000114%
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations$127,54042%
Justice for Greenwood Foundation Inc$125,00019%
The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism$125,00010%
Maryland Center on Economic Policy Inc$125,000114%
Four Winds American Indian Council$125,000145%
Borealis Philanthropy$125,00010%
The Groundtruth Project Inc$125,00012%
NAACP Legal Defense & Educ Fund Inc$125,00010%
University of Baltimore Foundation Inc$125,00021%
Fusion Partnership Inc$125,00022%
The Appeal Inc$125,000113%
Unheard Voices Outreach$125,000244%
Movement Alliance Project$120,00023%
Denver Justice Project$120,000172%
Haitian Bridge Alliance$110,00022%
Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington and Affiliate$110,00090%
Training Grounds Inc$106,25020%
Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers$106,00060%
Embolden Wi Inc$104,750215%
Equality Foundation of Ga Inc$100,20017%
The Reconciliation Center Inc$100,10014%
The Made Institute$100,000111%
Memphis Artists for Change$100,000115%
Far Southeast Family Strengtening$100,0001n/a
The Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless Inc$100,00033%
Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Inc$100,00010%
Collaborative Solutions for Communities$100,00012%
Organization for Youth Empowerment$100,00057%
Shriver Center on Poverty Law$100,00012%
United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County$100,00010%
Collaborative Healing Initiative Within Communities Inc$100,00013%
Julian$100,0001n/a
Peoples Advocacy Institute$100,000110%
Wisconsin Voices Inc$100,00011%
The Reaching Educating for Community Hope Foundation$100,000220%
Texas Appleseed$100,00015%
Wisdom Inc$100,00023%
Gryphon Place$100,00012%
Jail Project of Texas$100,000111%
The National Black Theatre Workshop$100,00013%
Think Tennessee$100,00017%
National Black Womens Justice Institite Inc$100,00018%
OUT For JUSTICE INC$100,0001n/a
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers Inc$100,00014%
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition$100,00011%
Urban Juncture Foundation$100,00019%
Role Model Movement Inc (NFP)$100,00011%
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation Inc$100,00010%
Mississippi Rising Coalition$100,000142%
Inside Climate News Inc$100,00013%
March on Washington Film Festival$95,00044%
The Bail Project Inc$80,00040%
Emancipate NC Inc$80,00015%
Jack and Jill of America Foundation Inc$80,00031%
The Uhuru Foundation$80,000117%
Thrive DC$75,30821%
Council on Criminal Justice Inc$75,0001n/a
Restore Justice Foundation$75,00013%
Fractured Atlas Inc$75,00010%
Marquette University$75,00010%
Opencollective Foundation$75,00010%
Children's Defense Fund$75,00010%
Second Chances Staffing Services$75,0001n/a
Keystone Restituere Justice Center$75,000139%
Rise Program Inc (Re-Entry Investment/Student Ed)$75,000114%
DC National Association for the Advancemet of Returning Citizens$73,3331n/a
University of Wisconsin Foundation$71,00010%
Center for Public Policy Priorities$70,00012%
The Center for Effective Philanthropy Inc$65,00080%
Pro Bono Net Inc$65,00011%
Trustees of Tufts College$62,50080%
Loyola University$62,20020%
Fundacion Elena Barraquer Inc$60,0001n/a
The Stephen C Rose Legacy Foundation$60,00032%
Halt Violence$60,000133%
Juvenile Justice Coalition$60,000123%
Texas Defender Service$57,50032%
Sistersong Inc$52,40011%
Empower Mississippi Foundation$52,00025%
Socialworx Institute Inc$51,500222%
Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools$51,00022%
Justice Arts Coalition Inc$50,8181n/a
ReEntry Mediation Institute of Louisiana$50,800121%
Young Women's Freedom Center$50,62110%
Projects for Haiti Inc$50,30014%
1619 Freedom School$50,2321n/a
Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice Inc$50,0001n/a
Kentucky Youth Advocates Inc$50,00012%
New America Foundation$50,00010%
Griffin-Gracy Educational Retreat & Historical Center$50,00017%
University of Minnesota Foundation$50,00040%
Womens Foundation of the South$50,00012%
Working America Education Fund$50,00012%
Nexus Community Partners$50,00010%
Rethinking Schools Limited$50,00016%
State Bar of California$50,0001n/a
Raphah Institute$50,0001n/a
Project on Government Oversight Inc$50,00011%
Type Media Center Inc$50,00011%
The Trigger Project$50,00017%
Empower DC$50,00023%
Bay Area Legal Aid$50,00010%
Motus Theater$50,00017%
Restorative Response Baltimore Inc$50,00015%
Transgender Advocates Knowledgeable Empowering$50,0001n/a
Small Business Majority Foundation Inc$50,00011%
The Knights & Orchids Society Inc$50,00015%
Transcending Barriers$50,0001n/a
Organizing Neighborhood Equity$45,00022%
Alternate RootsInc$45,00012%
New Image Youth Center$45,00032%
Harlem Cultural Archives$45,0004n/a
Boston Children's Chorus Inc$45,00061%
Council on Foundations Inc$43,20020%
Trinity Boston Connects Inc$42,50060%
John Jay College Foundation Inc$40,00011%
Black History Project$40,0002n/a
Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights Inc$38,00013%
Western Pennsylvania Fund for Choic$36,1892n/a
The Afiya Center$35,9841n/a
The John Paul Stevens Foundation$35,00055%
Virginia Interfaith Center For Public Policy$35,00018%
Commonweal$35,00020%
ART 180 Inc$35,00022%
No Limit Counseling and Education$35,00025%
Juntos$32,61717%
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc$30,00030%
Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park Inc$30,00031%
The Asher House$30,0001n/a
Candid$30,00010%
Friends of Cat Island United$30,000282%
The Constitution Project$30,0001n/a
Center for Death Penalty Litigation$26,25011%
Young Womens Christian Association of the Central Carolinas Inc$25,00020%
Alliance for Justice$25,00010%
Stepafrika USA Inc$25,00011%
Operation Shoestring Inc$25,00012%
Latino Network$25,00010%
Equal Justice Works$25,00010%
Words Beats and Life Inc$25,0001n/a
Columbus School for Girls$25,00010%
Appellate Project Inc$25,00022%
Archcity Defenders$25,00011%
National Women's Law Center$25,00010%
Do Something Inc$25,00010%
Equity and Transformation$25,00011%
Brown Hope$25,00011%
The Ordinary People Society Tops$25,00011%
Springboard to Opportunities$25,00010%
The Links Foundation Incorporated$25,00010%
Florence Crittenton Services of Greater Washington$25,00011%
Project&$25,00016%
Race Forward$25,00010%
Lambda Boule Foundation$25,000114%
Foundation for Black Women's Wellness Inc$25,00012%
Women's Institute for Science Equity Race$25,000136%
The Aspen Institute Inc$25,00010%
The Innocence Project Inc$24,50030%
Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc$24,00020%
Metropolitan Family Services$20,00010%
Youth Policy Institute of Iowa$20,00021%
Women's Prison Association and Home$20,00010%
Illinois Black Advocacy Initiative$20,0001n/a
Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project Inc$20,00020%
Dwight Hall at Yale$20,00040%
Companion Community Development Alternatives Inc$20,00024%
The Heritage Library Foundation Inc$20,00033%
Daughters Beyond Incarceration$20,00022%
Safe Passages$20,00010%
Choral Society of Durham Inc$20,00043%
Equal Ground Education Fund Inc$20,00014%
The Resurrection Project$20,00010%
Ihope Mentoring Inc$20,0001n/a
The Buckeye Ranch Inc$20,00010%
Shepherd Community Inc$20,00010%
Partners in Health a Nonprofit Corporation$18,12420%
Macalester College$17,50040%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$15,00030%
Children of Uganda$15,00022%
The MusicianShip DC$15,00012%
Research Foundation of the City University of New York$15,00010%
Center for Contemporary Mysticism$12,5002n/a
Epsilon Boule Education Foundation Inc$12,5002n/a
Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty$12,50024%
Oakwood Friends School Inc$12,0002n/a
Philanthropy Southeast Inc$11,58020%
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc$10,24030%
Sasha Bruce Youthwork Inc$10,24030%
Greater Boston Food Bank Inc$10,00010%
Fair Chance$10,00011%
American Constitution Society for Law & Policy$10,00010%
Split This Rock Inc$10,00012%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$10,00010%
New Economy Project Inc$10,00010%
Namati Inc$10,00010%
Chainless Change Inc$10,00011%
Womens Community Justice Association Inc$10,0001n/a
Bme Networks Inc$10,00010%
The Performance Zone Inc$10,0001n/a
Mekong Inc$10,0001n/a
Democracy North Carolina$10,00040%
National Religious Campaign Against Torture$10,0001n/a
City Year Inc$10,00010%
Schubert Club The$10,00040%
Justice Committee Inc$10,00011%
All Kings Project Inc$10,00011%
A Little Piece of Light Inc$10,0001n/a
Louis D Brown Peace Institute Corp$10,00040%
Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence$10,00020%
The Studio Museum in Harlem$8,00010%
Smithsonian Institution$8,00020%
Friends of St Stephen's Youth Programs Inc$7,50030%
Auburn Theological Seminary$7,50020%
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere Inc$7,50020%
Violence Policy Center$7,50020%
Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness$7,50020%
Maryland Philanthropy Network$5,7301n/a
Preservation Alliance of West Virginia Inc$5,0001n/a
National Lead for America Inc$5,00010%
Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity$5,00010%
New England Conservatory of Music$5,00020%
The George Washington University$5,00010%
Wesleyan University$5,00010%
Made in Durham$5,00020%
Carleton College$5,00010%
No One Left Behind$5,00010%
New Politics Leadership Academy Inc$5,00010%
Changing Perceptions$5,0001n/a
A New Way of Life Reentry Project$5,00010%
JusticeAid$5,00011%
Anthony L Jordan Health Corporation$5,00010%
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest$5,00010%
Lake Street Council$5,00010%
Many Hands Inc$4,50021%
A Wider Circle Inc$4,50030%
DC Public Education Fund$4,50010%
Monarch School Project$4,00010%
Philanthropy Colorado$3,01510%
Wisconsin Philanthropy Network Inc$3,0001n/a
Garfield Center Foundation Inc$3,00020%
Locus Impact Fund$2,75010%
Servant Leaders Institute$2,6003n/a
Union Theological Seminary$2,50010%
Hartley Film Foundation Inc$2,5001n/a
Women Involved in Reentry Efforts$2,50016%
Southeastern Efforts Developing Sustainable Spaces Inc$2,50011%
Twin Cities Rise$2,50010%
Interfaith Action of Greater Saint Paul Foundation$2,50015%
Glbtq Legal Advocates & Defenders Inc$2,50010%
William J Brennan Center for Justice Inc$2,50010%
Planned Parenthood Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota$2,50010%
Latino Economic Development Center$2,50010%
Justice at Work Inc$2,50011%
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Educational Foundation Inc$2,50011%
Cable Natural History Museum Inc$2,50010%
Washington Office on Latin America$2,50010%
Wilderness Inquiry Inc$2,50010%
Uncommon Law$2,50010%
El Futuro Inc$2,5001n/a
Southern Coalition for Social Justice$2,5001n/a
Center for Law and Social Policy$2,50010%
Operation Understanding of the District of Columbia$2,50011%
Robert a Toigo Foundation$2,00010%
Foundation for Independent Artists Inc$2,00010%
Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services$2,00010%
Refugees International Inc$2,00010%
Fwdus Education Fund Inc$2,0001n/a
Some Inc$1,36030%
Capital Clubhouse Inc$1,00010%
New York Avenue Foundation$1,0002n/a
DC Greens Inc$1,00010%
Capital Travel Sports Inc$1,0001n/a
Planned Parenthood Federation of America Inc$94030%
Roots of Development Inc$82020%
Syracuse University$80020%
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Inc$74020%
At Home in Alexandria$70030%
Friends of the Guest House Inc$70020%
The Korean American Family Service Center Inc$60720%
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium Inc$60020%
Lost Dog Rescue Foundation$60020%
The Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless Inc$60010%
National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance Inc dba NQAPIA$60020%
Korean Community Services of Metropolitan New York Inc$60010%
Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Inc$6001n/a
Peak Grantmaking Inc$50010%
Feeding America$50010%
Surge Institute$50010%
Capitol Hill Village$50010%
Brooklyn Community Bail Fund Inc$50010%
Korean Community Service Center of Greater Washington Inc$41210%
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund$41210%
The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc$41010%
DC Abortion Fund$40620%
University of Delaware$40010%
American Brain Tumor Association$4001n/a
The Tahirih Justice Center$40010%
Programa de Ayuda Humanitaria Para Venezuela Inc$40010%
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum$40010%
Freedom Fund Network Inc$40010%
Young Chicago Authors$40010%
Britepaths Inc$4001n/a
Kind Inc$40010%
Serve Your City$37810%
Martha's Table Inc$36020%
Homeless Children's Playtime Project$35620%
Coded By$35010%
Casa Ruby Inc$35020%
Rainforest Trust$30010%
Pasadena Humane$3001n/a
World Central Kitchen Inc$21010%
Jubilee Jobs Inc$2101n/a
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation$2051n/a
Urban Growers Collective Inc$20010%
Rock Creek Conservancy Inc$20010%
New Leaders Council$20010%
The Queens Library Foundation Inc$20010%
Offender Aid & Restoration Arlington Co OAR Arlington Alexandria Falls Church$20010%
Cancer Lifeline$20010%
Democracy Now Productions Inc$2001n/a
Cancer Care Inc$20010%
Asian American LEAD$20010%
Mosaic Theater Company of DC$20010%
March on Maryland$20010%
University of California Berkeley Foundation$20010%
Children's Miracle Network$20010%
USA Northeast Province of the Society of Jesus$2001n/a
Women For Political Action Change Education & Advo$20010%
La Family Housing Corporation$20010%
Watch US Farm Inc$2001n/a
We the Dogs Inc$1381n/a
National Children's Alliance Inc$13010%
Everyone Home DC$11010%
Mission Action Inc$10010%
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Inc$10010%
International Rescue Committee INC$10010%
Urban Justice Center$10010%
DRUM Desis Rising Up and Moving Inc$10010%
Center for Constitutional Rights$10010%
Washington Humane Society$10010%
Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast Inc$10010%
Urban School Food Alliance Inc$10010%
Friends of Saguaro National Park$10010%
The Arc San Francisco$5710%
The Trustees of Mount Holyoke College$5010%
Washington Improvisational Theater Company$5010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 75 recipients with no EIN on record ($15M), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Public Welfare Foundation Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 48 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 200 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSocial and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc: $4,609,544 over 8y, 2.7% of budgetVera Institute of Justice Inc: $4,435,000 over 9y, 1.0% of budgetVoice of the Experienced Vote: $3,186,250 over 9y, 20% of budgetHighlander Research & Education Center Inc: $3,001,025 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetColorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalit: $2,950,000 over 8y, 40% of budgetSafe & Just Michigan: $2,528,985 over 8y, 65% of budgetSouthern Center for Human Rights: $2,433,450 over 5y, 9.1% of budgetOperation Restoration: $2,240,825 over 7y, 11% of budgetNational Public Radio Inc: $2,150,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRaise the Floor Alliance: $2,100,000 over 3y, 61% of budgetMichigan Center for Youth Justice: $2,015,300 over 7y, 48% of budgetNational Institute for Criminal Justice Reform: $1,981,750 over 6y, 24% of budgetThe New Jersey Institute for Social Justice Inc: $1,852,000 over 4y, 45% of budgetThe Promise of Justice Initiative: $1,838,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetCenter for Popular Democracy Inc: $1,775,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetMake the Road New York: $1,700,000 over 2y, 3.6% of budgetCommunity Connections for Youth Inc: $1,678,000 over 7y, 24% of budgetNational Employment Law Project: $1,675,000 over 3y, 6.6% of budgetTexas Center for Justice and Equity: $1,665,000 over 4y, 61% of budgetVisitors Service Center Inc Voices for a Second Chance: $1,628,000 over 7y, 43% of budgetJuvenile Law Center: $1,610,000 over 5y, 13% of budgetWorking Partnerships USA: $1,600,000 over 3y, 20% of budgetCampaign for Youth Justice: $1,585,000 over 3y, 53% of budgetLouisiana Center for Children's Rights: $1,560,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetCommon Justice Inc: $1,507,750 over 5y, 22% of budgetFoundation for Louisiana: $1,504,130 over 6y, 7.5% of budgetPublic Justice Center Inc: $1,500,000 over 2y, 28% of budgetThe Marshall Project Inc: $1,350,000 over 6y, 2.4% of budgetW Haywood Burns Institute: $1,305,500 over 5y, 11% of budgetPossibility Labs: $1,300,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetNorthwest Employment Education and Defense Fund: $1,200,000 over 4y, 69% of budgetDetroit Justice Center: $1,175,200 over 7y, 8.6% of budgetDC Justice Lab: $1,103,750 over 5y, 17% of budgetDeep Center Incorporated: $1,079,250 over 6y, 18% of budgetSecond Chance Center Inc: $1,036,500 over 5y, 6.1% of budgetGeorgetown University: $1,025,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSchool Justice Project Inc: $1,001,500 over 5y, 40% of budgetUnited Workers Association Inc: $1,000,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetThe Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth: $982,000 over 7y, 14% of budgetJustice Policy Institute: $980,250 over 6y, 32% of budgetThe Latino Coalition for Community Leadership: $975,000 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetThe Praxis Project Inc: $957,617 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetEchoing Green Inc: $930,400 over 3y, 1.9% of budgetYouth Radio: $915,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetOklahoma Policy Inc: $906,750 over 5y, 12% of budgetNational Youth Justice Network: $900,000 over 4y, 53% of budgetCommunity Labor United Inc: $900,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetOne Voice: $855,000 over 5y, 5.8% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 200.

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Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Annie E Casey Foundation IncMD79.2× affinity86 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Annie E Casey Foundation Inc · NEO Philanthropy Inc · Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc · Borealis Philanthropy · Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc · The Just Trust for Education · Proteus Fund Inc · Foundation to Promote Open Society · New Venture Fund · The Heising-Simons Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Surdna Foundation Inc

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

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About Public Welfare Foundation Inc

How much does Public Welfare Foundation Inc give?
Public Welfare Foundation Inc reported 164 grants totaling $25,775,563 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 134 and 163 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Public Welfare Foundation Inc fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Crime & Legal (39%), Civil Rights (14%), Philanthropy (11%).
Who are Public Welfare Foundation Inc's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (See) Inc ($4.6M), Vera Institute of Justice Inc ($4.4M), Voice of the Experienced Vote ($3.2M).
Does Public Welfare Foundation Inc fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 37% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Public Welfare Foundation Inc accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Public Welfare Foundation Inc?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Annie E Casey Foundation Inc, NEO Philanthropy Inc, Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc.
Where is Public Welfare Foundation Inc based?
Public Welfare Foundation Inc is based in DC.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 702 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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